What To Wear 2 {Montgomery, AL Photography}

Another installment in the "What to Wear" section. I hope these suggestions will give you a good starting place for planning your spring family portrait sessions.

As of today, the following dates and times are available for spring:
- one morning spot available for Friday, March 18 (Jasmine Hill)
- one afternoon slot on Sunday, March 27th (Jasmine Hill)
- Wednesday, May 23 (location of your choice)
- Tuesday, May 31 (location of your choice)

What To Wear {Montgomery, AL Photography}

One of my daughters-in-law recently encouraged me to add a "what to wear" section to the blog. So here's the first installment just in time for the Spring Portrait Sessions.



Also just in time for spring, I have one morning spot available for Friday, March 18 and one afternoon slot on Sunday, March 27th. Both slots are at Jasmine Hill. Please email if interested.

Enjoy Validation {Montgomery AL Photographer}

One of my goals for 2011 is to pass a certification process through the Professional Photographic Certification Commission. It consists of two parts -- written exam and image submission. I submitted my images for review in February and received a letter of congratulations for passing the review today! YAY! I like my images ... but validation is certainly nice :)

The requirements were to submit 20 images that represented your body of work. They had to reflect your business. So, I submitted half of the images from my portrait sessions and half from weddings. They had to come from 20 different clients. The judges were looking for technique -- lighting, color balance, exposure, etc.

Some of my portraits are "studio" style, so I submitted the following images to reflect that portion of my work.





The majority of my portrait sessions are on-location so I selected seven images to reflect that portion of my business:






I made sure to include several different ages.





The wedding selections included engagement, bridal and wedding day:






Wedding-day images were to include a mixture of formal and candid.






I was particularly pleased that my black-and-white images passed the review. I'd heard they were particularly picky about those. But I love b & w images so I wanted to include them.




So I am super excited this evening and now need to start studying for the written portion of the exam. I don't remember the last time I had to pass a written exam!! I'm so not looking forward to that! I will have to travel out-of-state later in the year to take the exam and complete the certification process.

So, thank you to my wonderful clients for providing me with such gorgeous images to submit!! And thank you to anyone who has actually finished reading this blog post and allowed me a little time to bask in the accomplishment.

Enjoy Evan {9 months}

Precious Evan and sweet big sister Chloe were so cooperative and fun to photograph in our recent 9-month session. I think after about 20-30 minutes I stopped and told mom and dad we'd gotten plenty ... and I mean plenty ... of great images.



We went early in the day while the light was yummy and the kids were rested and happy. Mom and Dad were great assistance ... maybe because mom is a photographer herself and knows a key component to a successful session is calm parents.




I mean, seriously, it just doesn't get any cuter than this!



Dad serves our city on the MPD, so this little smocked outfit was a perfect addition to the session!




It's hard to realize that my next session with Evan will be for his first birthday!! It seems like just a few months ago I was scheduling his newborn session! What a blessing it has been to get to know this wonderful family.

Mom and Dad, your gallery is uploading and should be released to you within a few hours. I hope you enjoy your sneak peek while you're waiting!

Jessica ♥ Danny {Birmingham AL Engagement}

It is always so special when a client recommends me to a family member. And that is exactly how I came to know Jessica and Danny. (Thank you, Shay!)



Danny is a football coach, so we had to incorporate that into the session! I always love it when couples bring items that make the session unique to them.



Their wedding will be in Montgomery this summer, but they both live and work in Birmingham. So Jessica found us the perfect location there to do some fun and beautiful sunset engagement portraits.



The day was beautiful, the location was unique, the couple was fun, and I'm thrilled with what we were able to capture for them.





Jessica and Danny, thank you for a wonderful day! Your online gallery is uploading now and should be available soon. I hope you enjoy sharing this sneak peek with friends and family while you wait!